Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 16° · 21% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:28

12h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

51 reported · July 2026▲ 28% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences25
• Anti-social behaviour5
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Other theft3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Norton Canes · Staffordshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

114 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 149 casualties · 11.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

360 food businesses within 2 miles

• 295 rated 4–5 ★ (259 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cannock (1.9 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£230,601 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Cannock Chase · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£859 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £774
• 3 bed £955

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.3 times median annual pay (6.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (7.4 km)

30 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Holiday Inn Birmingham North-Cannock (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

100,519 residents in Cannock Chase · 1,274/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 126 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,376 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (31% of 46,090)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

40 schools · 13,722 pupils

28 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 14 of 17 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

38inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cannock Chase

842 CQC-registered services

• Care homes273
• GP practices129
• Dentists179
• Homecare agencies178
• Hospitals & hospices18

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 8 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Staffordshire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 1 listed building within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

57 applications decided

96.5% granted · 55 granted, 2 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Reform UK (minority)

• Lab 10
• Con 8
• Grn 3
• Ref 13
• Oth 2

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens6
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,135 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£726 median full-time weekly pay

3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£20,857 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 47,620 certificates

14.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 82.9 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

78% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Cannock Chase:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office501 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership393 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s365 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test347 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance335 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  Rumer Hill Junction · 0.9 km

  Rumer Hill Junction was a canal junction on the Cannock Extension Canal where the Churchbridge Branch left to join the Hatherton Canal. The junction, along with the northern section of the canal was abandoned in 1963.…

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  Churchbridge Junction · 1.2 km

  Churchbridge is a road junction situated between Churchbridge and Bridgtown in Staffordshire. It links the A5, A34, and A460 to the adjacent M6 Toll.

• Great Wyrley Academy · 1.2 km

  Great Wyrley Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Great Wyrley in the English county of Staffordshire.

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  St James the Great Church, Norton Canes · 1.3 km

  St James the Great Church is the parish church of Norton Canes in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. It is located on Church Road, a short distance from the village centre.

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  Wolverhampton Sporting C.F.C. · 1.3 km

  Wolverhampton Sporting Community Football Club is a football club representing Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. They play at Pride Park in nearby Great Wyrley

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  St Mark's Church, Great Wyrley · 1.5 km

  St Mark's is the parish church of Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire, England. It is known for having had the first South Asian vicar of any Church of England parish, Shapurji Edalji, and for its association with Edalj…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)